Also, the following marriage record exists in Truro VR:35: "1766 march 20th Joseph Collings J
unior and Deborah Newcomb, Both of Truro were married by B : Paine Jus : peace"
(Noted just to prevent one from accidentally confusing these two Josephs).

[Freeman 1:374] reports that he was probably the son of Henry "starch-maker" who came over with wife and children, including Joseph age 3, embarking on June 17, 1635. [Henry is RIN 11528] (Probably incorrect)

However, the genealogical dictionary of New England disagrees, and puts Joseph of Lynn as the son of Henry of Lynn.

Another theory is that he was the son of John Collins (1603/4-1675) & Ann Awdrye, from Stepney, London, Eng. who m. 1634 [IGI] & came to Salem MA in the 1640s. This theory is put forth in a query in [Cape Cod Gen. Soc Bulletin, Vol. XIX(3) Sept 1993, p.63] by William G. Cooper, 102 Valley View Dr., Erwin TN 37650.

Note: Although I cannot find a record of her birth, I believe that she is almost certainly th
e daughter of Richard Knowles and Ruth Bower, who lived in Plymouth, and the moved to Eastham, and were married on 15 Aug 1639.

!Inventory: 24 Dec 1694. Administrator son Israel Cole. On 3 Jan 1695 appt. On 15 Jan 1695 estate settled as follows: "we John Cole, Timonty Cole Israel Cole James Cole William Cole Daniel Cole and Thomas Cole Daniel Doan and his wife Hipsibath John young and his wife Ruth Joshua Hopkins and his wife mary and medad Atwod and his wife Hester : have mutually agreed ... to be contented and Satisfied with ye divition and Settlement of ye Estate..." etc. All mentioned are children of deceased.

!Death: MD 6:204 (80th year)

On 15 Oct 1659: William Collyare of Duxbury gives "unto my son in law of the Town of Eastham" a plot of land called "Purchase" lying at Satucquett Manscekett and Paomett". (in what is now Truro).

On 29 Oct 1671, the court ordered that "Daniell Cole" was to have all such particulars out of the estate of William Collyare that are extant. [PCR 5:80].

These two records have led to the conjecture that Daniel's wife, Ruth, may have been a daughter of William Collier. This remains very controversial.

Complete list of his children and their birthdates comes from the "History of the Hamlin Family" by H. Franklin Andrews, Higginson Books, 1894. Communicated to me by PhilDyer@aol.com who got it from SarahR1022@aol.com.

He was from London. Tradition says that he was the brother of Giles Hamblen, one of the firs
t settlers at Middletown, Connecticut, who also came first to Barnstable. (Although Robert L. Ward told me he thought he read somewhere that James came from Reading, Berkshire, England).

After debts paid "Anne my Loving wife Shall have ... the Rest of my estate...during her Natural Life for her Supporte...After der decease in as much as my Son James hath had ten pounds alredy of me: And my son Bartholemew five pounds And my Daughter Hannah five pounds (According to ye desire of my mother) So my will is that ye Rest of my Children shall have each of them five pounds apeece made up to them....: viz: to my Son John five pounds my little ffether Bed bolster and Rugg belonging to it: to be in part or whole there of as it shall be Apprised: And to my Daughter Sarah five pounds in ye great ffether bed I Lye on with ye bolster and Rugg belonging there unto as it shall be Appraized: And to my son Eliazer four pounds and five shillings... which with ye fifteen shillings he owes me on Account makes up five pounds to him: And to my Son Israel three pounds and eighteen shillings to make up ye bed and overlett he hath five pounds to him: ... my daughter Sarah shall have two of my platters which shee shall Chuse: ... Israel shall have one of my pewter platters as my Sons and Daughter Alredy married have had Each of them one:" What remains after payment of the legacies "shall after my wifes decease be equally devided amongst all my Children unless my wife shall see Cause to will any part or parts unto any of my sd Children as shee shall see fitt to those that are most dutyfull unto her: unto whose Liberty my will is it shall be Left: As also to Nominate an Executor to take place after her decease to see this my Last will performed: And here in Case shee make any will to dispose of ye overplus as afore sd Item it is my will that Anne my wife be Sole Executrix of this my last will... so long as shee Lives".

The inventory was "prised at this house" in Barnstable, 7 July, 1690, by Job Croker and Thomas Huckins, and was sworn to on 22 Oct 1690, by "Ann Hamlin ye Rellict of James Hamlin deceased". A house at 2 pounds was the only real estate. The will and inventory were recorded 15 December, 1690, by Joseph Lothrop, Recorder.

m: Lydia [---] (-1678/1681)

!Wife: Doane, Gilber H., page 48. The following is quoted from that source:

"...Since Abigail Doane certified to the truthfulness of the inventory of his estate in 1686, it has been assumed that she was his widow and the mother of his children. Now Mr. [A.A.] Doane very carefully printed a verbatim copy of a deed, dated in 1681, in which John Doane conveyed this same dwelling house and "upland and meadow" about it to his daughter Abigail. Obviously his wife had died between 18 May 1678, the date of his will, and 2 December 1681, the date of this deed. Hence, the Abigail Doane who certified the inventory must have been his daughter, to whom he had deeded the house originally intended for his widow if she survived him. Later research by another genealogist indicates that Deacon John Doane had a wife named Ann in 1648, who was dead before 1659 when he and his wife Lydia conveyed some land in Eastham (see Mary Walton Ferris's "The Dawes-Gates Ancestrial Lines" [Chicago, 1931-43], Vol. 2, pp. 304-5)."

[Freeman 1:173] reports he moved from Plymouth to Nauset about 1644.
[Freeman 1:206-7]: Apr 1, 1653 -- sent by town of Eastham as deputy to represent town and meet magistrates. Met Apr 6, 1653 with other delegates from the colony "to agree on military affairs".
[Freeman 1:258]: A grant to John Doane of 100 acres at Pottannumaguett Neck & 6 acres of meadow, in court case at Plymouth Oct 31, 1666 (arraignment of William Nickerson).

He was one of the original purchasers of what is now Barnstable County in 1640. [Freeman 1:15
2] He moved from Plymouth to Nausett about 1644 [Freeman 1:173]. He was appointed on 24 Feb 1652 to lay out route from Sandwich to Plymouth [Freeman 1:206]. Elected town treasurer of Eastham on 2 June 1646 [Freeman 2:356] for 19 years [Freeman 2:414]. Selectman of Eastham 1665-1667 (2 yrs) [Freeman 2:414].

He came over in the Ann in 1623, and it is said he was from Chichester.
He superintended the building of the first vessel lauched at Plymouth, a bark of 40 or 50 tons. He was deputy for several years. He came to Eastham in 1644, and died in the winter of 1677-8, ae. 86. [Freeman 1:639]

In the passenger listing for the Ann, given in Cape Cod Series 1:84, he is listed as "Edward Bangs, from Panfield, Essex Co., Shipwright." With him on the Ann were Mrs. Lydia Bangs, Jonathan, and John.

Sources:
[Freeman] :History of Cape Cod:The Annals of Barnstable County and of its Several Towns." Frederick Freeman; Parnassus Imprints, Yarmouth Port, Mass.; 1965. Two Volumes.

He became a freeman at Dorchester on 13 May 1634.
Pronounced freeman at Yarmouth on 7 Jan 1638/9.
Listed in Barnstable among those able to bear arms (between 16 & 60 yrs of age) Pronounced freeman at Barnstable on 1 June 1646.
Took oath of fidelity in Yarmouth in 1657.
Died about 1660, widow Grace took his inventory on 6 May 1661.
On 3 Mar 1662/3, administration of his estate was granted to Jonathan Hatch and Lydia, wife of Henry Taylor. These two children are the only ones thus far tied to him. [Plymouth Colony Records, Court Orders, Vol. 4, page 31].
In fact, he referred to Jonathan as an "only son" [Freeman].

There has been much confusion between Thomas Hatch of Dorcester, Barnstable, and Yarmouth (this Thomas Hatch), and Thomas Hatch of Scituate. They were *NOT* the same person, yet a great many have repeatedly confused the two and mixed them together as if they were the same person. In this database, the other Thomas Hatch of Scituate is RIN 26266. Some of the confused records are reproduced below, but be wary that they have errors! There is no evidence that he is in any way tied to the Hatchs of Scituate and Kent Co., England.!

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Source: "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before 1692 on the basis of Farmer's Register" by James Savage, Vol. 2, p. 375.

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"Thomas, who came over from Kent, 1634, b. in Sandwich; was made freeman in Boston, May 14, 1634; proposed freeman of Yarmouth, Jan. 7, 1638-9; and mem. of ch. in Barnstable, jun 1, 1641. He d. 1661, leaving a wid. Grace..."